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'The One with the Birth Mother' - "JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!" Self explanatory.
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'The One After Ross Says Rachel'
- When Joey had his priorities in line after Ross said Rachel's name at his wedding to Emily: "Hey, no matter what happens with Ross and Emily, we still get cake, right?"
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'The One With Joey's Fridge'
- On simple logic: "Well, the fridge broke, so I had to eat everything."
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'The One with the Rumor'
- After Monica asks him if he's going finish a whole Thanksgiving turkey by himself: "That's right, 'cause I'm a Tribbiani, and this is what we do. We may not be great thinkers or world leaders, we don't read a lot or run very fast, but d***it we can eat!"
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'The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits'
- On his diet: "I'm curvy and I like it!"
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'The One With the Video Tape'
- Helping out a friend: Ross: "Do you have a minute? I'd like to talk with you about something I'm really uncomfortable talking about." Joey: "Sure. How about, uh, you showering with your mom?" Ross: "I actually had a topic in mind."
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'The Last One: Part 1'
- On encouraging Ross to keep going after Rachel: "You can't just give up! Is that what a dinosaur would do?" At least he's trying to make it relatable.
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'The One Where Ross Moves In'
- Talking about Ross moving into their apartment: "Come on, Chandler, Ross is our friend. He needs us right now, so why don't you be a grown up and come and watch some TV in the fort!"
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'The One with Monica's Thunder"
- Trying to prove that he can play a much younger character: "'Sup with the whack PlayStation 'sup!" Well, it was the '90s...
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'The One Where Rachel Has a Baby'
- Pretending to be a doctor while really checking out a guy for Phoebe: Joey: "Date of birth?" Cliff (patient): "November 16th, 1968." Joey: "Age?" Cliff: "Can’t you figure that out based on my date of birth?" Joey: "I’m a doctor Cliff, not a mathematician."
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'The One Where the Stripper Cries'
- When Joey was on a game show: Gene: "You put this in your coffee." The answer was cream.
Joey: "A spoon! Your hands! Your face!"
Gene: "It's white."
Joey: "Paper! Snow! A ghost!"
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'The One with Ross's Step Forward'
- After Rachel hung up the phone: "You hung up on the pizza place? I don't hang up on your friends."
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'The One with Unagi'
- When he tries to train an actor to play his twin, and he keeps getting it wrong: "Pizza! We like pizza!"
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'The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs'
- Joey making some sound points while referring to Rachel's assistant, Tag: Joey: "If he doesn't like you, then this is all just a moo point." Rachel: "A moo point?" Joey: "Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion, you know, it just doesn't matter. It's 'moo.'"
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'The One with the Rumor'
- On his dedication to finishing the Thanksgiving meal: Joey: "All right where's that turkey?" Phoebe: "Joey, those are my maternity pants!" Joey: "No, no! These are my Thanksgiving pants!"
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'The One with Phoebe's Wedding' - "I am pretty 'wisdomous.'" Who would deny it?
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'The One Where Emma Cries'
- Joey helping Ross fill out a patient form at the hospital: "Name? No, I know, 'Ross,' but what's it short for? You know, like Rossel? Rostipher?" You never know with names nowadays.
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'The One with Princess Consuela'
- Chandler telling him that the girl in their new house is a ghost: "That's not funny. You know I'm afraid of little-girl ghosts."
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'The One with the Football'
- Joey is a geography whiz: Chandler: "Hey Joey, where do Dutch people come from?" Joey: "Uh... well the Pennsylvania Dutch come from Pennsylvania." Chandler: "And the other Dutch come from somewhere near the Netherlands right?" Joey: "Nice try, see the Netherlands is this make believe place where Peter Pan and Tinkerbell come from."
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'The One With the Birth Mother'
- Joey explaining his eating policies: "I don't like it when people take food off my plate, ok?" Seems fair.
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'The One with the Secret Closet'
- Telling Chandler how he feels about Rachel moving out: "This is good for me, y'know, I like being on my own. I'm better off this way. I'm a lone wolf. A loner. Alone. All alone. Forever..... What's a wolf gotta do to get a hug around here?!"
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'The One with all the Rugby'
- After Chandler tells Janice he's moving to Yemen instead of breaking up with her. Chandler: " I’m only going to pretend I’m moving to Yemen, it’s the only way I can get rid of her." Joey: "Ohhhh, good one! And 'Yemen' that actually sounds like a real country."
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'The One Where They All Turn Thirty'
- Joey complaining about wearing his tie: Joey: "But it hurts my Joey's apple." Chandler: "Okay, for the last time. It's not named for each individual man."
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'The One With George Stephanopoulos'
- When Joey enters into philosophical discussions: Monica: "Hey, Joey, what would you do if you were omnipotent?" Joey: "Probably kill myself!" Monica: "Excuse me?" Joey: "Hey, if Little Joey's dead, then I got no reason to live!"
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'The One with the Boob Job'
- Joey trying to understand why Rachel needs to baby-proof their apartment: "Baby-proofing? Why is it such a big deal now? You know, when I was a kid, it was, 'Whoops, Joey fell down the stairs!' or 'Whoops, Joey electrocuted himself again!'"
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'The One With the Jellyfish'
- Telling the story of how he offered to pee on Monica after she got a jellyfish sting: "That's right, I stepped up! She's my friend and she needed help! If I had to, I'd pee on any one of you!" What a true friend.
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'The One Where Ross Got High'
- Eating Rachel's dessert/meat dish trifle: "What’s not to like? Custard – good. Jam – good. Meat – good!"
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'The One Where Eddie Moves In'
- Joey talks about living alone: "I thought it'd be great, you know? have some time alone with my thoughts... turns out, I don't have as many thoughts as you'd think."
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'The One Where Joey Speaks French'
- Joey doing his best to learn French—and failing: "Shah blue blah! Me lah peeh! Ombrah!"
© NL Beeld
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Most 'Friends' episodes
- And the line we will associate with Joey always and forever: "How YOU doin'?" See also: The best of Phoebe Buffay in song
© NL Beeld
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0 / 31 Fotos
'The One with the Birth Mother' - "JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!" Self explanatory.
© NL Beeld
1 / 31 Fotos
'The One After Ross Says Rachel'
- When Joey had his priorities in line after Ross said Rachel's name at his wedding to Emily: "Hey, no matter what happens with Ross and Emily, we still get cake, right?"
© Getty Images
2 / 31 Fotos
'The One With Joey's Fridge'
- On simple logic: "Well, the fridge broke, so I had to eat everything."
© Getty Images
3 / 31 Fotos
'The One with the Rumor'
- After Monica asks him if he's going finish a whole Thanksgiving turkey by himself: "That's right, 'cause I'm a Tribbiani, and this is what we do. We may not be great thinkers or world leaders, we don't read a lot or run very fast, but d***it we can eat!"
© NL Beeld
4 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits'
- On his diet: "I'm curvy and I like it!"
© NL Beeld
5 / 31 Fotos
'The One With the Video Tape'
- Helping out a friend: Ross: "Do you have a minute? I'd like to talk with you about something I'm really uncomfortable talking about." Joey: "Sure. How about, uh, you showering with your mom?" Ross: "I actually had a topic in mind."
© NL Beeld
6 / 31 Fotos
'The Last One: Part 1'
- On encouraging Ross to keep going after Rachel: "You can't just give up! Is that what a dinosaur would do?" At least he's trying to make it relatable.
© Getty Images
7 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Ross Moves In'
- Talking about Ross moving into their apartment: "Come on, Chandler, Ross is our friend. He needs us right now, so why don't you be a grown up and come and watch some TV in the fort!"
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8 / 31 Fotos
'The One with Monica's Thunder"
- Trying to prove that he can play a much younger character: "'Sup with the whack PlayStation 'sup!" Well, it was the '90s...
© Getty Images
9 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Rachel Has a Baby'
- Pretending to be a doctor while really checking out a guy for Phoebe: Joey: "Date of birth?" Cliff (patient): "November 16th, 1968." Joey: "Age?" Cliff: "Can’t you figure that out based on my date of birth?" Joey: "I’m a doctor Cliff, not a mathematician."
© Getty Images
10 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where the Stripper Cries'
- When Joey was on a game show: Gene: "You put this in your coffee." The answer was cream.
Joey: "A spoon! Your hands! Your face!"
Gene: "It's white."
Joey: "Paper! Snow! A ghost!"
© Getty Images
11 / 31 Fotos
'The One with Ross's Step Forward'
- After Rachel hung up the phone: "You hung up on the pizza place? I don't hang up on your friends."
© Getty Images
12 / 31 Fotos
'The One with Unagi'
- When he tries to train an actor to play his twin, and he keeps getting it wrong: "Pizza! We like pizza!"
© NL Beeld
13 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs'
- Joey making some sound points while referring to Rachel's assistant, Tag: Joey: "If he doesn't like you, then this is all just a moo point." Rachel: "A moo point?" Joey: "Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion, you know, it just doesn't matter. It's 'moo.'"
© Getty Images
14 / 31 Fotos
'The One with the Rumor'
- On his dedication to finishing the Thanksgiving meal: Joey: "All right where's that turkey?" Phoebe: "Joey, those are my maternity pants!" Joey: "No, no! These are my Thanksgiving pants!"
© NL Beeld
15 / 31 Fotos
'The One with Phoebe's Wedding' - "I am pretty 'wisdomous.'" Who would deny it?
© NL Beeld
16 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Emma Cries'
- Joey helping Ross fill out a patient form at the hospital: "Name? No, I know, 'Ross,' but what's it short for? You know, like Rossel? Rostipher?" You never know with names nowadays.
© NL Beeld
17 / 31 Fotos
'The One with Princess Consuela'
- Chandler telling him that the girl in their new house is a ghost: "That's not funny. You know I'm afraid of little-girl ghosts."
© NL Beeld
18 / 31 Fotos
'The One with the Football'
- Joey is a geography whiz: Chandler: "Hey Joey, where do Dutch people come from?" Joey: "Uh... well the Pennsylvania Dutch come from Pennsylvania." Chandler: "And the other Dutch come from somewhere near the Netherlands right?" Joey: "Nice try, see the Netherlands is this make believe place where Peter Pan and Tinkerbell come from."
© NL Beeld
19 / 31 Fotos
'The One With the Birth Mother'
- Joey explaining his eating policies: "I don't like it when people take food off my plate, ok?" Seems fair.
© NL Beeld
20 / 31 Fotos
'The One with the Secret Closet'
- Telling Chandler how he feels about Rachel moving out: "This is good for me, y'know, I like being on my own. I'm better off this way. I'm a lone wolf. A loner. Alone. All alone. Forever..... What's a wolf gotta do to get a hug around here?!"
© NL Beeld
21 / 31 Fotos
'The One with all the Rugby'
- After Chandler tells Janice he's moving to Yemen instead of breaking up with her. Chandler: " I’m only going to pretend I’m moving to Yemen, it’s the only way I can get rid of her." Joey: "Ohhhh, good one! And 'Yemen' that actually sounds like a real country."
© NL Beeld
22 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where They All Turn Thirty'
- Joey complaining about wearing his tie: Joey: "But it hurts my Joey's apple." Chandler: "Okay, for the last time. It's not named for each individual man."
© Getty Images
23 / 31 Fotos
'The One With George Stephanopoulos'
- When Joey enters into philosophical discussions: Monica: "Hey, Joey, what would you do if you were omnipotent?" Joey: "Probably kill myself!" Monica: "Excuse me?" Joey: "Hey, if Little Joey's dead, then I got no reason to live!"
© Getty Images
24 / 31 Fotos
'The One with the Boob Job'
- Joey trying to understand why Rachel needs to baby-proof their apartment: "Baby-proofing? Why is it such a big deal now? You know, when I was a kid, it was, 'Whoops, Joey fell down the stairs!' or 'Whoops, Joey electrocuted himself again!'"
© NL Beeld
25 / 31 Fotos
'The One With the Jellyfish'
- Telling the story of how he offered to pee on Monica after she got a jellyfish sting: "That's right, I stepped up! She's my friend and she needed help! If I had to, I'd pee on any one of you!" What a true friend.
© NL Beeld
26 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Ross Got High'
- Eating Rachel's dessert/meat dish trifle: "What’s not to like? Custard – good. Jam – good. Meat – good!"
© NL Beeld
27 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Eddie Moves In'
- Joey talks about living alone: "I thought it'd be great, you know? have some time alone with my thoughts... turns out, I don't have as many thoughts as you'd think."
© Getty Images
28 / 31 Fotos
'The One Where Joey Speaks French'
- Joey doing his best to learn French—and failing: "Shah blue blah! Me lah peeh! Ombrah!"
© NL Beeld
29 / 31 Fotos
Most 'Friends' episodes
- And the line we will associate with Joey always and forever: "How YOU doin'?" See also: The best of Phoebe Buffay in song
© NL Beeld
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30 Joey quotes that are better than "How you doin'?"
In honor of Matt LeBlanc's 56th birthday this July 25
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Joey is one of the most beloved characters from 'Friends.' Whether he's defending his food, making a particularly clueless remark, or merely musing about pizza, he is downright relatable. In this gallery, take a trip down memory lane and chuckle at some of Joey's most memorable quotes through the seasons. Click on!
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